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Cape VerdeFrom Re.ViCaSince it is a small and remote island archipelago, the information here on Cape Verde is reduced to the minimum for the purposes of Re.ViCa.
Partners situated in Cape VerdeNone.
Cape Verde in a nutshell The Republic of Cape Verde (Portuguese: Cabo Verde), is a republic located on an archipelago in the Macaronesia ecoregion of the North Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa. The previously uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century (though there may have been earlier discoveries), and attained independence in 1975. Cape Verde is named after the original Portuguese form for Cap Vert (Cabo Verde, Green Cape) in Senegal, the westernmost point of continental Africa. The country's name can be pronounced many ways in English. Cape is pronounced like the article of clothing. Verde is generally pronounced to rhyme with "bird" or "Herd," though rhyming with "bear D" or "bear day" are also heard. "Cabo" is not used in English. The population of Cape Verde is estimated as 423,000. The main language is Portuguese but Crioulo (a mixture of archaic Portuguese and African words) is also spoken. For more information see the wikipedia article on Cape Verde. Cape Verde education policyOmitted.
Cape Verde education systemOmitted.
Higher educationThere are two universities in Cape Verde:
In 2007 a third school officially joined the others:
(Material taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cape_Verde.) The University of Cape Verde web site is at http://www.unicv.edu.cv.
The Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde (Portuguese: Universidade de Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde) is located in the capital city of Praia on Santiago, with a smaller second location in Mindelo on São Vicente. Until the 2007-2008 academic year, it had been Cape Verde's only university. Geographically it is the westernmost university in Africa. The main location is in the northwestern part of Praia. Several campuses are planned be added throughout the archipelago. The university is named after the famous French theorist Jean Piaget. It primarily serves Cape Verdeans, but there are students from the rest of Africa and Latin America as well. Jean Piaget University offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as continuing education courses. (Material taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Piaget_University_of_Cape_Verde.) Its web site is at http://www.unipiaget.cv.
Higher education reformOmitted.
Administration and financeOmitted.
Quality assuranceOmitted.
Cape Verde HEIs in the information societyOmitted.
ReferencesWikipedia
Others To show that one should not make value judgements about remote universities, the reader's attention is drawn to the following paper: Sousa, S., Hudson, B. & Lamas, D. (2003). Understanding e-Learning: Towards an Understanding of Trust and Performance in On-line Distance Learning. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (pp. 2511-2512). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. For abstracting details see http://www.editlib.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Reader.ViewAbstract&paper_id=18485. The authors are Sonia Sousa, Universidade Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde; Brian Hudson, Sheffield Hallam University, UK; David Lamas, Universidade Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde. The abstract notes:
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